Mathematics
This week the children will be working on numbers. The focus will be naming a number and representing the number by showing how many. I have a variety of math games to assist in this matter. One game is a peg board with the numeral written on the left side and the children represent the number by placing the appropriate number of pegs beside the numeral.
During large group time, the children will daily practise subitizing by looking at ten frames, and dot plates to figure out the number of dots showing.
Subitizing is a Mathematical Strategy where one instantly recognizes a quantity without counting. For example, if I roll the pair of dice shown here, I instantly recognize that the 4 and 1 without counting.
During large group learning time, I will flash cards that include random dot patterns. The children shout out the number represented by the dots on each card or paper plate. The next challenge will be for the children to volunteer "How they saw each number." For example, if the dot plate or dot card had 3 of one colour and 3 of another, the children may explain I saw 3 red and 3 blue that makes 6, or 2 on top 2 in the middle, and 2 on the bottom. This way the children are not only subitizing, they are also explaining their thinking. This is an important mathematical strategy that prepares young children for the counting on strategy.
The children will also be introduced to ten frames. Ten frames are a manipulative ( mathematical tool) that assist children with subitizing.
Subitizing is a Mathematical Strategy where one instantly recognizes a quantity without counting. For example, if I roll the pair of dice shown here, I instantly recognize that the 4 and 1 without counting.
During large group learning time, I will flash cards that include random dot patterns. The children shout out the number represented by the dots on each card or paper plate. The next challenge will be for the children to volunteer "How they saw each number." For example, if the dot plate or dot card had 3 of one colour and 3 of another, the children may explain I saw 3 red and 3 blue that makes 6, or 2 on top 2 in the middle, and 2 on the bottom. This way the children are not only subitizing, they are also explaining their thinking. This is an important mathematical strategy that prepares young children for the counting on strategy.
The children will also be introduced to ten frames. Ten frames are a manipulative ( mathematical tool) that assist children with subitizing.
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